Background: Extensive debate surrounds the practice of continuous sedation until death to
control refractory symptoms in terminal cancer care. We examined reported practice of …

The aim of this article is to provide a critical review of one of the most worrying aspects of the
euthanasia policy and practice in Belgium—the deliberate shortening of lives of some …

Background Continuous deep sedation until death is a highly debated medical practice,
particularly regarding its potential to hasten death and its proper use in end-of-life care. A …

Background: Extensive debate surrounds the practice of continuous sedation until death
within end-of-life care. Aim: To provide insight into existing initiatives to support the practice …

End‐of‐life sedation, though increasingly prevalent and widespread, remains a highly
debated medical practice in the context of palliative medicine. This qualitative study aims to …

Objective The use of continuous sedation until death for terminally ill cancer patients with
unbearable and untreatable psychological and existential suffering remains controversial …

The aim of this article is to use data from Belgium to analyse distinctions between palliative
sedation and euthanasia. There is a need to reduce confusion and improve communication …

Objectives To describe the characteristics of continuous deep sedation until death and the
prior decision‐making process of nursing home residents dying with dementia and to …

Physicians caring for patients with an advanced disease are often confronted with important
but complex end-of-life decisions that affect the patient's manner of dying. 1 When terminally …